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@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The client's features include:
 License
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-Copyright 2015 Elasticsearch
+Copyright 2017 Elasticsearch
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.